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According to Columbus, the natives of the Caribbean lived in beautiful lands with many rivers, mountains, full with trees of all kind. The natives of the Caribbean lived with different customs then what Columbus was used to. Most people, men and women, would walk the land as god brought them to this world, naked. Others would cover some parts of their bodies with leaves or with net of cotton. The natives did not use any weapons nor were they capable of using them, instead, they used handmade spears made of canes. The natives, as Columbus explains, are timid people, but once they have lost their fear, they become so generous. They share anything they poses with each other. They treasure items everyone else would take for granted for example …show more content…

They hold no grudges, are clean, religious people with thirst of knowing more about God, and they are patient yet weak and die sooner. The native are also poor people, but they did not envied or desire others wealth which makes them non greedy. Las Casas also said that they walk around naked, and have no beds but they do sleep in suspended nets. In the Caribbean, Spaniards behaved with respect, there was a variety of number of Spaniards that behaved as wild beasts such as lions, tigers and beasts. They went along and exterminated millions of people. There reason to exterminate Indians was so the Spaniards could become filthy rich with the gold in the Indians land. The Indians were starved because the Spaniards would eat in a day what the Indians would eat in a month for 30 people. The natives were treated horribly by the Spaniards. From having their babies thrown in the river, pinched, and sword. Adults were hanged by their feet’s, they would also light wood on fire under the victims feet and burn them alive. Others were tied onto a straw and burned alive. In addition, victim’s had their hands cut off and were then hung. This led Indians to move to the mountains, but they too were killed; no one survived, and those who did became

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